Content Strategy For Affiliate Niche Site If You Don't Have Access To The Products

Look at the product that you're wanting to promote and figure out any questions that you've got about it -- other customers probably have the same questions.

Think about problems that your visitors may have with it, and why they would want to buy it. Create posts that are solving those problems, and pushing those buttons. Help them make the purchase in other ways.

You can sort the list by best selling products and write 100 word blurbs for each, introducing the customer to each individual product and giving them a link to purchase (or read more reviews). Create a top 10 list with links to previews and what customers have said about the product.

If you absolutely have to, go through customer reviews and write your review in a "preview" type post -- if you know what I'm trying to say. You don't have to actually review the post if the rest of your site is somewhat helpful, just introduce the customer to the product and tell them why you believe it will help solve their problems.

You can create your own post based off the features from the product's sales page, and couple in a few reviews with a line similar to: "other customers said: " followed by a "read more customer reviews by clicking here" link that sends them to your merchant.

Don't completely fill the page with jacked reviews, but get creative about how you're delivering the product to your reader. Don't be an out-and-out affiliate, and you'll be OK. It's pretty easy to fill a site up with 10-20 pages of indexed content if you can get the creative juices flowing.

Approach the product as a "reporter". Since you should already be familiar with the niche you are operating in, explain the features in layman's terms and compare them to features of similar brands and models.

Use the images from your merchant's product page.

Take for example a toothbrush site. You don't have to review every toothbrush. You could show people with bad gum disease how one style of toothbrush is better for them than others, and then give them a few suggestions -- based on design features the companies already give you.

Create a post about the 10 best selling electric toothbrushes. Another post about how to get the longest battery life out of your electric toothbrush -- along with a few toothbrushes that have the best customer reviews in terms of battery life.

Create another post on flossing aids to help people dig in while they're out and about, without carrying a bunch of crap with them -- then offer a few recommended products to help out.

Hopefully that helps clear it up for you. You don't have to show them exact steps for brushing their teeth with a specific toothbrush, since you don't have access to the products. You also don't have to create fake reviews to make affiliate monies.

not only writing, but creating images and videos to accompany your posts.

content begins with your keyword.

then create images videos and posts around your keyword. It takes time, lots of it!

best of luck,
Ike

I can see why you would have issues putting up product images, but I'm going to ask why are you reviewing products on an Adsense site? Those are typically information only.

You could try setting up some google alerts for your products and get news ,blog post etc about them delivered straight to your google account.

Worth a shot.

Ok, I understand that. However, from my experience, including Adsense onto pages with your affiliate links is a good way to drastically decrease the clickthrough rate on both types of ads -- cutting your clicks (and money) down quite a bit. That's why I asked.

Synnuh is right.

Why would you want to intercept potential affiliate link clicks that could earn you DOLLARS with AdSense clicks, which earn you CENTS?

There's something to be said for being willing to invest in what you're attempting to sell.

An entrepreneur finds a way. And if you aren't committed enough to find a way to get the product then (i) why would a customer want to buy from you and (ii) just how bad do you want to succeed at this?

Try writing in to them. You can find an email contact for most affiliate programs, let them know you are doing some marketing for them and ask if they can provide you an review materials that you can use. These people are usually more than willing to help because you will be generating sales for them.

Alternatively you can try using google to search for more details on the product, type "<Product Name> + Review" into google and you should be able to get sufficient content to do a write up.